News from August 2023
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 5, 2023
Two monuments to the American Revolutionary War were recently restored after sustaining heavy damage in rains and flooding. The restoration to the Bridge Monument and the Grady Monument was funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA).
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 5, 2023
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) shared on social media a video of her displaying a jar of colored wristbands in a recent Congressional hearing that she said were wristbands cartels forced migrants to wear or face mutilation.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 5, 2023
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, recently introduced legislation to tackle illegal visa overstays, requiring non-immigrants to pay a bond.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 5, 2023
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and chair of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, urged the Biden administration to enhance investment restrictions on China.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 5, 2023
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., acting director for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), appointed Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., as the director of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 5, 2023
CooperCompanies, a global powerhouse in medical device manufacturing, has terminated its planned $875 million acquisition of Cook Medical's reproductive health business following a full-phase investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By Sam Jackson | Aug 5, 2023
The Republican National Committee recently took to social media to claim that Mexican cartels make approximately $13 billion a year from smuggling immigrants illegally over the border.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 5, 2023
An investment advisor based in Wellington, Fla. has been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 5, 2023
Black Americans face enduring challenges in attaining economic equality despite policy efforts made in the post-civil rights era, according to a recently published report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
The Biden-Harris administration announced nearly $11 million is available through the Joint Fire Science Program for current wildland fire research opportunities.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said children are continually being trafficked at the U.S.-Mexico border by the cartels.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
A vice president with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) issued a statement supporting the U.S. Department of Energy's decision to modify its proposed energy-efficiency rules for gas stoves.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
The federal government has published draft guidelines to assist public agencies in incorporating ecosystem services into their cost-benefit analyses. On Aug. 1, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published the draft and opened it up to comments from the public.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
FBI Miami said that China continues to rob intelligence from the US and infiltrate and undermine U.S. academic institutions' integrity. In a July 30 post on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, FBI Miami posted a warning and attached a link to its website, where they provided more details on the Chinese threat.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 4, 2023
Leon Panetta is the founder of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy at California State University, Monterey Bay.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
In a significant development, former President Donald Trump has been indicted on federal charges for his alleged role in the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
More than five million people living in rural communities in 39 states and Puerto Rico are receiving better access to quality healthcare, thanks to a sizeable federal grant.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
The U.S. Departments of Commerce and Defense signed a Memorandum of Agreement to closely collaborate to strengthen the U.S. semiconductor defense industrial base.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission reached a proposed settlement with Surescripts in an illegal monopolization case that aims to address anticompetitive actions resulting in increased prices, hindered innovation and limited customer choices in the e-prescription market.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 4, 2023
There were 25 notices published by the Federal Reserve System in June, according to the Federal Register.
